Emma Hughes the Inquirer, Monday 29 September 2008. 14:41:00
Only a quid on Ebay
PRIVATE COUNCIL information is cheaper than you might think - in fact you can pick some up for under £1. Security firm Random Storm’s Andrew Mason logged onto Ebay this August and bought some network hardware for just 99p – what followed was the unexpected. When plugged in the device automatically connected to the VPN of Kirklees Council in West Yorkshire. This is most surprising as Mr Mason didn’t do anything but plug the device in, it just connected without warning showing that the seller hadn’t bothered to protect the VPN from being accessed. Kirklees Council is lucky that this didn’t fall into the hands of someone more criminally minded as all sorts of vulnerabilities could have been exploited….
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And a few more gone AWOL
A computer hard disc containing one million sets of bank details was bought on eBay for just £35.…
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INQUIRER staff , Wednesday 18 June 2008. 20:22:00
Juggernaut on a roll
PC MAKER Chillblast has a reputation for getting more out of its hardware than other manufacturers, but the Fusion Juggernaut system takes this to new levels. The £1318 (plus VAT) Juggernaut ties an overclocked 45nm quad core Q9450 with an Nvidian 1GB 9800 GX2 graphics card. With 4GB of fast PC2-6400 DDR Corsair memory and the latest Samsung F1 hard drive, the PC minces most benchmark scores. The bundle d peripherals are no let down either, with a spunky 24-inch Samsung 245B display, 7.1 surround sound from Creative T7900 speakers and a gaming keyboard and mouse bundle from Saitek and Razer respectively….
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INQUIRER staff the Inquirer, Wednesday 18 June 2008. 20:22:00
Juggernaut on a roll
PC MAKER Chillblast has a reputation for getting more out of its hardware than other manufacturers, but the Fusion Juggernaut system takes this to new levels. The £1318 (plus VAT) Juggernaut ties an overclocked 45nm quad core Q9450 with an Nvidian 1GB 9800 GX2 graphics card. With 4GB of fast PC2-6400 DDR Corsair memory and the latest Samsung F1 hard drive, the PC minces most benchmark scores. The bundle d peripherals are no let down either, with a spunky 24-inch Samsung 245B display, 7.1 surround sound from Creative T7900 speakers and a gaming keyboard and mouse bundle from Saitek and Razer respectively….
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